Engineering, M.S.
Minimum Totals for Graduation: 30 hours
Admission Requirements; Retention & Termination Standards
Admission Requirement Snapshot
GPA: 3.3
Entrance Exam: GRE
See Admission Requirement Details Below
Students pursuing the MS in Engineering degree are required to meet with an engineering advisor during the first semester of attendance at CMU.
MS in Engineering majors are required to meet with their engineering advisor each semester to ensure students select appropriate courses to facilitate their progress through the program. Registration is not allowed until after this meeting. Prerequisites are strictly enforced for all engineering classes.
Admission Requirements
Program quality is emphasized by requiring students to meet the following criteria:
- Accepting only students with:
- 3.3 GPA (or admission with stipulations between GPA 3.0 and 3.3) and 720/156+ GRE Quantitative for minimum admission
- 563/223/84+ TOEFL for international students
- Strong reference letters and statement of purpose by applicants
- Students must have completed an undergraduate ABET-accredited engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Materials Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering or Chemical Engineering. Students who have degrees from a non-ABET accredited school, or have an undergraduate degree in a different discipline, must show an average GPA of 3.3 in the following classes (or equivalent) to be admitted for the MS in Engineering degree:
Science (13 Cr Hrs): CHM 131, PHY 145, PHY 146, PHY 175
Mathematics (11 Cr Hrs): MTH 132, MTH 133, MTH 232
Engineering (15 Hrs): EGR 251, EGR 253, EGR 255, EGR 356, and EGR 358; or EGR 190, EGR 290, EGR 298, EGR 391 and EGR 396
If needed, the school may require students to pass an entrance exam to show competency in the above subjects.
Retention & Termination Standards
In order to remain in the MS in Engineering program, a student must meet the following criteria:
- Students must select courses in consultation with an engineering advisor.
- Students may not take courses required for this degree Credit/No Credit (except the EGR 798 course).
- At least 24 credits must be taken at CMU to graduate with this degree .
- If a student does not continue to meet the retention standards, s/he may be asked to withdraw. The school maintains the right to terminate a student if s/he is not progressing satisfactorily.
- The student who does not meet degree requirements by the end of the 4th year will be terminated.
Program Requirements
Required Courses I (6 hours)
| EGR 600 | Advanced Engineering Analysis | 3(3-0) |
| EGR 601 | Advanced Engineering Experimentation | 3(2-2) |
Required Courses II (6-15 hours)
Select 6-15 credit hours in consultation with the student's advisor and advisory committee.
| EGR 553 | Mechanical Vibrations | 3(3-0) |
| EGR 554 | Mechanical Controls | 3(3-0) |
| EGR 576 | Mechanics of Composite Materials | 3(3-0) |
| EGR 578 | Advanced Mechanics of Materials | 3(3-0) |
| EGR 588 | Photonics | 3(3-0) |
| EGR 591 | CMOS Circuit Design | 3(2-2) |
| EGR 594 | Power Electronics | 3(3-0) |
| EGR 595 | Nanoscale Transistors | 3(3-0) |
| EGR 597 | Special Topics in Engineering | 1-6(Spec) |
| EGR 637 | Directed Research in Engineering | 1-6(Spec) |
| EGR 697 | Special Topics in Engineering | 1-6(Spec) |
| EGR 791 | Independent Research in Engineering | 1-6(Spec) |
Note: 1-6 credits EGR 637, any extra credits in EGR 637 may be counted as an elective. Students may take EGR 791 following 6 credits of EGR 637.
Required Courses III (3 hours)
| EGR 685 | Seminar: Current Topics in Engineering | 1-3(Spec) |
Note: must be taken three (3) times.
Electives (0-9 hours)
Graduate courses approved by the advisor and school director.
Thesis (6 hours)
Total: 30 semester hours
Courses offered for graduate students only are Seminar, Directed Research, Independent Research in Engineering, Special Topics (as merit is established), and Thesis. This is carefully done to make sure that faculty members will have an increased emphasis on research, yet reasonably loaded for teaching courses.
Accelerated MS in Engineering
Up to 9 credit hours may be double counted from appropriate courses in undergraduate degree for an accelerated MS in Engineering Program at CMU. Contact the Office of Graduate Studies for more information regarding admission for accelerated programs.